Frequently Asked Questions

When do applications start for the following semester for this course?

The Faculty accepts applications from August of the year prior to semester commencement in the following March.

We have no fixed dates as yet for processing these but we would hope to let you know in October if your application is successful, so as to allow you preparation time for coming to Australia. We had previously advertised for starting in August to be available for another Masters course that we run, but that does not provide Speech Pathology professional training, so I think that might have caused your confusion re starting times.

When you say a statement, do you mean a certificate or a personal statement?

You can only make a personal statement about your computer and internet access and skills.

TOEFL or IELTS English proficiency assessments need a certificate as to your skills. The audiotape should just be a tape of yourself talking about (not reading a script) eg who you are and what made you interested in speech pathology and why you would like to study at Sydney. If there someone who would be prepared to have a short conversation with you on any topic of your choice that would also be of interest to us, but it is not essential.

Workshop prior to course commencement. What is this workshop and when does it start?

The workshops / Summer School prior to commencement is in Linguistics and Phonetics which are two background areas of knowledge you are required to have.
Students with a background in either or both of these areas can do a challenge exam in each to see if they can be exempt from these classes.
If you think you might be able to do either please contact again and we shall send details of the content. Phonetics does involve the ability to transcribe spoken Australian English though. These start in early January and cost about $2000 (Aust) in total. We would have to confirm the exact figure later in the year.

The International Office in the Faculty Student Administration also runs a workshop in February to orient International students to living and studying in Australia, as well as to lecture and study skills. More information on this.

Is the course available externally or at night-time? If not, what are the days/times of internal day lectures?

• The course is only available Monday to Friday, 8am to 5pm, on Cumberland Campus.
• Lectures are strictly timetabled and are held Mondays to Fridays between 8am and 6pm. For example a Year 1 Speech Pathology student has up to 20 hours per week of lectures in the first semester

If not, are the times flexible, in that, if one is unable to attend a lecture, they may attend it on a different day/time of the week?

• Sorry that sort of flexibility is not available

Is this course available part-time? If so what are the hours? Does this change the length of the course?

The Bachelor of Applied Science (Speech Pathology) is structured as a full-time degree course offered over four years, with expected enrolment in units totalling 24 credit points each semester.

However, the Faculty recognises that some students cannot attend full-time and wish to complete their degrees in a longer time. Students requesting to enrol part-time should note that daytime attendance at lectures and clinic placements, as well as clinic block placements, is required for completion of the BAppSc (Speech Pathology) course.

There are a limited number of places available for commencing students for part-time enrolment. Students must be prepared to accept a full-time place in the course prior to applying for part-time enrolment. Students apply for permission prior to enrolment at the beginning of the academic year.

Students enrolling part-time should also note the following:

• Part-time students must adjust their load so that they can
  complete the course within the maximum time. No extensions of
  maximum time will be granted
• Minimum time: 6 years from the initial academic year of enrolment
• Maximum time: 10 years from the initial academic year of
  enrolment
• The course is structured as a full-time course. Students must be
  aware of the possibility of clashes in timetables for units with
  different first numerals in their codes – e.g. CSCD2XXX and
  CSCD3XXX
• Students must meet prerequisite and corequisite requirements
  as specified for enrolment in specific units of study
• Where a unit of study has a corequisite, a student is to enrol in
  that unit as well as the corequisite in the same semester
• Where a unit of study is a prerequisite, this prerequisite unit must be passed prior to enrolment in any other units for which it is a prerequisite
• Part-time students are completing their degree over a longer
  period of time and it is possible, and in fact likely, that there will
  be curriculum changes while they are undertaking their degree
• Part-time students have the responsibility for monitoring changes in curriculum which may affect their progression and for discussing these with the Undergraduate Course Coordinator